Quotes by Peculiar Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. Charles Darwin peculiar expression inspirational The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an improved theory, is it then a science or faith? Charles Darwin theory-of-evolution peculiar facts When thus the heart is in a vein Of tender thought, the simplest strain Can touch it with peculiar power. Charles Lamb peculiar power heart Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation. Charles Mackay gains peculiar age The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use. The African writer should aim to use English in a way that brings out his message best without altering the language to the extent that its value as a medium of international exchange will be lost. He should aim at fashioning out an English which is at once universal and able to carry his peculiar experience. Chinua Achebe different peculiar use A peculiar work in any art must not be too hastily judged. New styles have to create new tastes. Christian Nestell Bovee style peculiar art It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times -- the stupefaction of the masses, the obsessed and driven lives of the bourgeoisie -- seem attractive by comparison. Christopher Lasch bourgeoisie horror peculiar It's peculiar what you remember when you're not trying. Chuck Klosterman peculiar remember trying It was a peculiar marriage of interests- Lord Averill and Captain Byrne and Lord Bayar and Han Alister agreeing on anything was as rare as gold in Ragmarket. Cinda Williams Chima captains peculiar gold I was funny -- ha-ha, not peculiar. It was a modest currency, like pennies: pedestrian, somewhat laborious, but a currency nonetheless. I was funny, in public, most often at my own expense. Claire Messud currency pennies peculiar The starting-point for all systems of aesthetics must be the personal experience of a peculiar emotion. The objects that provoke this emotion we call works of art. Clive Bell emotion peculiar art All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art. Clive Bell peculiar people art The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors. Cole Younger peculiar long people Poetic effect is the peculiar effect of an utterance which achieves most of its relevance through a wide array of weak implicatures. Dan Sperber peculiar poetry art It is one of the peculiar truths of life that people often say things that they know full well are ridiculous. Daniel Handler ridiculous peculiar people That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true. David D. Burns bad-mood peculiar stupid Life has a peculiar habit -- once established, it stays. Sometimes it even thrives. David Gerrold habit peculiar sometimes The capacity to transform itself from the inside makes capitalism a somewhat peculiar beast - chameleon-like, it perpetually changes it colour; snake-like, it periodically sheds its skin. David Harvey snakes skins peculiar Human paleontology shares a peculiar trait with such disparate subjects as theology and extraterrestrial biology: it contains more practitioners than objects for study. David Pilbeam paleontology study peculiar Peculiar as I was, and remain, I was trained to be practical. I'm still amazed at the radical temerity of my friends, you included, Julie, who choose poetry as their vocation. I envy your faith. Debra Dean radical envy peculiar «1234567891011»